Taking Turns and Interrupting Worksheet

Communication skills lesson 9: Taking turns without interrupting · Set 681 · 40 questions

Communication tip (One voice at a time): Polite turn-taking: waiting for a pause, raising your hand, saying “Sorry, go on”, letting all speak once, keeping your turn short. Interrupting: talking over someone, finishing their sentence, shouting the answer, cutting in with a joke, hogging the whole talk. Polite way in: “Can I say something when you finish?” Fair talking time: share equally = minutes ÷ children (24 minutes, 4 children → 6 minutes each); time left = total − time used.

1. 1.🙊 You interrupted your friend by mistake. What should you say? (a) “My turn now.” (b) “Sorry, go on.” (c) nothing at all (d) “Whatever.”
2. 2.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) finishing their sentence (b) hogging the whole talk (c) raising your hand (d) jumping in mid-sentence
3. 3.True or false: “raising your hand” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Ugh, you talk too much. My turn.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.⏳ Why keep your turn short in a group talk? (a) to sound clever (b) so you can leave (c) so all get a turn (d) so nobody speaks
6. 6.✋ In class, how do you usually show you want a turn? (a) stand on the desk (b) tap the teacher (c) shout your name (d) raise your hand
7. 7.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 2 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 2 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
8. 8.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: talking over someone? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
9. 9.True or false: “keeping your turn short” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shouting the answer (b) asking “Can I add?” (c) talking over someone (d) jumping in mid-sentence
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) letting all speak once (c) shouting the answer (d) jumping in mid-sentence
12. 12.🔄 In a family meeting, each of 9 children speaks for 1 minutes, then the teacher sums up for 5 minutes. How many minutes does it last in all?
13. 13.True or false: “Sorry to cut in — may I add one point?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “hogging the whole talk” is interrupting. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🗣️ In a 18-minute book-club chat, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
17. 17.⏱️ A group discussion lasts 19 minutes. Diya speaks for 3 minutes, Kabir for 3 minutes and Meera for 6 minutes. Ishaan uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ishaan get?
18. 18.✋ Which of these is interrupting? (a) finishing their sentence (b) raising your hand (c) waiting for a pause (d) saying “Sorry, go on”
19. 19.True or false: “shouting the answer” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🚨 Your teacher is talking, but you see smoke coming from the lab. What should you do? (a) tell her tomorrow (b) raise your hand quietly (c) interrupt at once (d) wait for a pause
21. 21.🗣️ In a 6-minute group discussion, 3 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
22. 22.True or false: “saying “Sorry, go on”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) raising your hand (b) jumping in mid-sentence (c) asking “Can I add?” (d) keeping your turn short
24. 24.True or false: “Can I say something when you finish?” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “asking “Can I add?”” is polite turn-taking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: asking “Can I add?”? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
27. 27.⏱️ A class meeting lasts 14 minutes. Diya speaks for 2 minutes, Rohan for 2 minutes and Aarav for 2 minutes. Ananya uses all the time left. How many minutes does Ananya get?
28. 28.✋ Polite turn-taking or interrupting: letting all speak once? (a) interrupting (b) polite turn-taking
29. 29.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Excuse me, Ma’am, I have a question.” (a) a rude interruption (b) a polite way in
30. 30.True or false: “No, no, listen to ME!” is a polite way in. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) jumping in mid-sentence (b) talking over someone (c) raising your hand (d) finishing their sentence
32. 32.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) cutting in with a joke (b) talking over someone (c) waiting for a pause (d) shouting the answer
33. 33.True or false: “Stop talking, my idea is better.” is a rude interruption. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Be quiet, I’m talking now.” is a rude interruption. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.✋ Which of these is polite turn-taking? (a) hogging the whole talk (b) saying “Sorry, go on” (c) cutting in with a joke (d) shouting the answer
36. 36.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “Stop talking, my idea is better.” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
37. 37.✋ A polite way in, or a rude interruption? “That’s interesting! Can I add an idea?” (a) a polite way in (b) a rude interruption
38. 38.🗣️ In a 12-minute circle time, 4 children share the talking time equally. How many minutes does each child get?
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) talking over someone (b) finishing their sentence (c) hogging the whole talk (d) waiting for a pause
40. 40.⏱️ A book-club chat lasts 16 minutes. Kabir speaks for 2 minutes, Vihaan for 5 minutes and Rohan for 2 minutes. Aarav uses all the time left. How many minutes does Aarav get?

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